Tesco has withdrawn its application to build a supermarket, a hotel, and flats on the old Toby Jug site in Tolworth.

A spokesman confirmed the supermarket giant has scrapped its plans as they stand, and will consider its options regarding the land, which it bought in 2002.

Roberto Muñoz, Tesco's head of corporate affairs for London, said: "We have reluctantly decided to withdraw the application for our Spenhill site in Tolworth.

"We know how important this site is to Kingston's future and we wanted to thank our many supporters and everyone who has worked hard on this application.

"We were encouraged the officers supported the principle of all the uses of the site, including a new supermarket, a hotel and 269 much needed new homes, but we were disappointed the application was recommended for refusal.

"Our commitment is to delivering something that works for the community and we will continue to consult and review what's best for Tolworth. We will keep everyone informed during this process."

Tolworth and Hook Rise councillor Vicki Harris said: "Lets hope this time they realise that what is needed on that site is not another Tesco store."

Comments (11)

Great news, and well done to all residents and our councillors & MP for fighting this every inch of the way.

Once again, lets hope that Tesco finally buries its plans for good, and doesn't keep coming back to threaten our area every two years with a new application.

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Great news, and well done to all residents and our councillors & MP for fighting this every inch of the way.
Once again, lets hope that Tesco finally buries its plans for good, and doesn't keep coming back to threaten our area every two years with a new application.
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Would residents be against a cinema complex being built there? Like a Vue Village? I for one would be up for it as I feel Tolworth needs something. But obviously with Tesco owning the land they would have to sell it to an interested party (if they were interested that is).

Would residents be against a cinema complex being built there? Like a Vue Village? I for one would be up for it as I feel Tolworth needs something. But obviously with Tesco owning the land they would have to sell it to an interested party (if they were interested that is).davehhh1

good ridence . now get the land back so us residents can have a proper meeting and decide what WE want to be built there . some sort of leisure centre with a decent pool etc would be good . we have enough sport fields and football / rugby pitches about so an indoor leisure centre could be good for budding sporting kids into other types of sport . just a thought .

good ridence . now get the land back so us residents can have a proper meeting and decide what WE want to be built there . some sort of leisure centre with a decent pool etc would be good . we have enough sport fields and football / rugby pitches about so an indoor leisure centre could be good for budding sporting kids into other types of sport . just a thought .pinky107

What a shame, I was really hopeful that the roads around Shannon Corner would eventually be less polluted. Hopefully Tesco will think long and hard about further use of this land, a new travellers site would be good as there is always a shortage of those and most councils cannot fulfill their obligations to travellers.

What a shame, I was really hopeful that the roads around Shannon Corner would eventually be less polluted. Hopefully Tesco will think long and hard about further use of this land, a new travellers site would be good as there is always a shortage of those and most councils cannot fulfill their obligations to travellers.happychook